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Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Indians of Oregon, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Facts about Indians and interesting Facts about Indians Oregon are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Oregon is a state of the northwest United States in the Pacific Northwest. The indigenous people of this state included various tribes of Native Americans.

  • Fact 2 - These Indians were static tribes of tribe of hunter fishers. Men were in charge of hunting for food and protecting the camp and the women were in charge of the home and land
  • Fact 3 - Names of Border States: California, Idaho, Nevada and Washington
  • Fact 4 - Features of the area: Rugged coast range; fertile Willamette River Valley; Cascade Mountain and plateau east of Cascades
  • Fact 5 - The Indians of Oregon included the Ahantchuyuk, Alsea, Bannock, Calapooya, Cayuse, Chastacosta, Chetco, Hanis, Kuitsh, Miluk, Modoc, Nez Perce, Shasta, Snake, Takelma, Tillamook, Wallawalla and Yamel tribes
  • Fact 6 - The Ahantchuyuk (aka French Prairie Indians or the Pudding River Indians) were a small, highly skilled, tribe of prairie hunters. They were also well known as slave traders with the French Canadian settlers selling
  • Fact 7 - The Alsea (aka Southern Tillamooks) were a large tribe of hunter fishers and were skilled in hunting sea mammals such as sea lions and seals as well as netting salmon which they traded with the Hudson Bay company.
  • Fact 8 -  The Bannock, or Banate tribe, originated in Western Idaho and spoke Northern Paiute language. Bannock tribe developed a horse culture and were closely associated with Northern Shoshone with whom they eventually merged. In 1868 Bannock tribe was restricted to Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho. They experienced a terrible famine which together with broken treaties led to Bannock War of 1878.
  • Fact 9 - The Calapooya (aka Kalapuya) were members of a large group of tribes, sharing the same language (Kalapuyan) and referred to as the Kalapooian family, who were devastated by European diseases to which they had no immunity. The tribe inhabited the areas of Willamette and Umpqua Rivers
  • Fact 10 - The Cayuse (aka Shasta Costa and Chatacosta): The Cayuse call themselves the Tetawken, which means "we, the people" and were a tribe of fierce hunter warriors who adopted the Cayuse pony. They spoke the Athapaskan language and are now nearly extinct. Conflicts between the settlers and Native Indians led to the Cayuse War (1847 to 1855).
  • Fact 11 - The Chastacosta were a tribe of hunter gathers who inhabited the areas of the Rogue and Illinois Rivers. They spoke the Athapaskan language
  • Fact 12 - The Chetco inhabited the areas of lower Chetco River in Curry County. Their name means "close to the mouth of the stream". They spoke the Athapaskan language and were hunter-gathers and fishers who used dugout canoes.
  • Fact 13 - The Hanis Coos (Kowes) inhabited the area of Coos Bay. Their name means "lagoon or lake" and were hunter-gathers and fishers. The two Coos dialects, Hanis and Miluk, were once spoken on the coast of Oregon.
  • Fact 14 - The Kuitsh inhabited the area of the Lower Umpqua River. Their name means "people dwelling on the stream called Shista." They spoke the Yakonan language
  • Fact 15 - The Miluk (aka the Miluk Coos) were hunter fishers and like many other tribes of Oregan coastal traders traded in slaves. The two Coos dialects, Hanis and Miluk, were once spoken on the coast of Oregon.
  • Fact 16 - The Modoc tribe cultivated California Black Oak forests, exploiting use of acorns
  • Fact 17 - The Nez Perce originally inhabited lower Snake River and its tributaries in western Idaho. name Nez Perce, meaning pierced nose, was given by French because some tribe members wore nose pendants. Nez Perce
  • Fact 18 - The Shasta were hunter-fishers and lived in villages of plankhouses. Shasta lands included sections of southern Jackson County, Oregon and Siskiyou County, California
  • Fact 19 - The Snake Indians, aka the Klamath tribes, consisted of the Klamath, Madoc, Yahooskin and Northern Paiutes tribes. "Snake Indians" was the name given by settlers on the Oregon Trail to the bands of Northern Paiute, Bannock and Shoshone Indians in the Snake River and Owyhee River valleys of south Idaho and East Oregon. The Snake War (1864–1868) was fought by the USA against the "Snake Indians" and was a result of white settlers encroaching on the lands of Native Indians. The Klamath Tribes signed their Treaty in 1864 with the United States of America
  • Fact 20 - The Takelma inhabited the area of the Rogue Valley and lived in Plankhouse villages and were hunter fishers. Conflicts between the settlers and Native Indians led to the Rogue River Wars (1855–1856)
  • Fact 21 - The Tillamook lived on Tillamook Bay and in neighboring river valleys in NW Oregon. Their language belongs to Salishan branch of Algonquian-Wakashan.
  • Fact 22 - The Wallawalla tribe inhabited the Columbia River region. Their name means "many waters."
  • Fact 23 - The Yamel tribe inhabited the area of Yamhill creek and were hunter-fishers. They were members of the Kalapooian family, who were devastated by European diseases to which they had no immunity

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